![]() ![]() I thought they’d go the way of Lauryn Hill: Releasing a debut album that’s awarded with several accolades and then never to be heard from again. ![]() I liked the production as well as Macklemore tackling issues that hip-hop mostly shies away from, but I wasn’t exactly thrilled at his technical ability as an emcee. Their 2012 debut “The Heist” was just an O.K. They aren’t products of the major labels that manufacture transitory assembly-line stars, keep them in monetary debt, and prohibit true artistry. What many people fail to recognize is that they are independent artists who had a huge breakthrough. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have been accused of cultural appropriation and even pandering, but neither of those are true. city” should have won the award for the top rap category. Gaining four wins (three in the rap categories) at the 2014 Grammys caused outcries of racism and White Privilege as many people, including myself, believed that Kendrick Lamar’s “ good kid, m.A.A.d. In 2013, I couldn’t go into a supermarket or a fast-food joint without hearing it, as well as the upbeat “Can’t Hold Us”. I didn’t hear his raspy voice again until he practically kicked down the door of pop mainstream with the tongue-in-cheek “ Thrift Shop“. They started in the underground which is where I first heard Macklemore via “Close Your Eyes” on CunninLynguists’ 2009 release “Strange Journey, Vol. The Seattle-based Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have become a polarizing duo within the hip-hop community as well as across pop music landscape in general. ![]()
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